[CathyM]

Originally Posted by RacerX

Is it possible to use another (out of state) affiliate's links (using a subID? to track your sales) to continue to do business with all these merchants? Or is that against the TOS?

Rather than just drop the programs from your site(s), is it possible to salvage the sales by swapping out affiliate links with someone in a non-nexus state? Give them 1% of the sales for use of their links and you keep the remaining 99%?

Has this ever been discussed before?

One of the problems with using another affiliates' id is that they will receive the 1099 for the income. On the amazon discussion boards, there are threads from respected affiliates who have transferred their accounts to a trusted family member out of state. They made the transfer and were back up and running within hours. They made their own deals with their relative to compensate for the taxes and other issues.

I have also seen discussions from affiliates that set up a business entity out of state and successfully gotten back into the networks and affiliate programs.

Note, I am not necessarily recommending either of these approaches nor have I tried them myself. I do believe that they can work. Just my opinion.

[RacerX]

Hypothetical: Can I just subcontract you to send me Amazon traffic, and provide you with a unique Amazon ID to track your sales and pay myself 1% for my trouble? Then I'd just turn around and 1099 you for your service you're providing me.